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2021 American Transplant Congress
Increased Deceased Organ Donation Rates Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Not Exactly. A UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data Analysis Over the Last Five Years
H. Sharma¹, A. Pradeep², A. Ditchfield³, M. Abraham⁴, P. Lominchar⁵, S. Mehra¹, A. Skaro⁴
¹Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Liver Unit, King's College, London, United Kingdom, ³Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University Of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Visceral Surgery, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: The recent reports suggest that organ donation from minority population have been increasing. The comparative organ donation data from the minority population reported to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation – Has KAS Made a Difference?
O. Charnaya¹, S. Yu², A. Goldberg³, J. Garonzik-Wang², D. Segev², P. Verghese⁴
¹Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Manitoba, Winninpeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Racial and ethnic minority pediatric transplant candidates have known disparities in access to kidney transplantation. The Kidney Allocation System (KAS), implemented in 2014, was…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Selective Regulatory T Cell Expansion by a Novel IL-2 Mutein Prolongs Skin Transplant Survival in Mice
T. J. Borges¹, O. Effe¹, R. B. Gassen¹, A. Al Jurdi¹, I. T. Lape¹, G. J. Babcock², S. M. Carlson², J. C. Madsen¹, L. V. Riella¹
¹Center For Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, ²Visterra, Inc., Waltham, MA
*Purpose: Long-term immunosuppression predisposes transplant patients to a greater risk of infection, malignancy and kidney toxicity. Hence, alternative methods to regulate the immune system are…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Transplant Recipients in a Croatian Transplant Center
A. Mrzljak¹, Z. Jurekovic¹, J. Pavicic Saric², L. Antolasic³, L. Milasincic³, I. Tabain³, T. Vilibic Cavlek³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia, ³Department of Microbiology, Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
*Purpose: In Croatia, the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported on 25 February 2020; however, the COVID-19 seroprevalence in the liver (LTR)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Endocrine Cell Identity and HOMA-B In Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Islet Auto-transplantation
C. A. Beamish¹, O. Gaber², O. M. Sabek²
¹Surgery, Houston Mehodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Surgery, Houston Mehodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Islet identity loss is an emergent factor in dysglycemia in diabetes, islet transplantation, and chronic pancreatitis (CP). Pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplantation (PIAT) for CP…
2020 American Transplant Congress
First Case of Simultaneous Living Related Parathyroid- and Kidney Transplantation Into a Child
N. Vallant¹, M. Sinha², P. Gogalniceanu¹, M. Cheung², C. Boffa³, M. Irving², P. Carroll², J. Hubbard¹, R. Gokmen¹, N. Ware², N. Mamode¹, N. Kessaris¹
¹Renal Transplant and Vascular Access, Guy's Hospital London, London, United Kingdom, ²Renal Transplant and Vascular Access, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³Renal Transplant and Vascular Access, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Inherited hypoparathyroidism can lead to life threatening episodes of hypocalcaemia as well as to end stage renal failure at a young age. We are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Alterations in Left Ventricular Wall Thickness after Cardiac Transplantation
C. K. Alvarez, O. Saeed, S. R. Patel, E. Borukhov, U. Jorde
Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: We investigated changes in cardiac wall thickness of donor hearts over time, including the peri-operative OHT period (within 4 days after transplantation) and up…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Older Livers Should Not Be Utilized in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
M. MacConmara, C. Feizpour, A. Aqul, D. Desai, P. Vagefi, S. Hanish, L. DeGregorio, C. S. Hwang
UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Organ scarcity in liver transplantation has required expansion of the acceptable criteria used for donor selection. The utilization of older donors (>60 years) has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Body Composition One Year after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Living Kidney Donors
H. Fukuhara¹, Y. Watarai¹, S. Narumi¹, N. Goto¹, T. Hiramitsu¹, M. Okada¹, K. Futamura¹, T. Tomosugi¹, A. Kanda¹, T. Nawano¹, N. Tsuchiya²
¹Department of Transplant Nephrology and Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Myoukentyou, Japan, ²Department of Urology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata City, Iidanishi, Japan
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of surgery on living donors’ body composition and to clarify the factors related to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Alpha-1 Proteinase Replacement Continuation Post-Lung Transplantation in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: A Single Center Case Series
M. Bremer, A. Feist, M. Mariski, G. Yung, T. Floreth, E. Schonhoft, G. Schooler, E. Golts, K. Afshar
Lung Transplant, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) accounts for approximately 6% of all lung transplants (LTx) performed annually. The benefit of replacement with alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (A1-PI)…

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